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1、WhereDidtheEnglishLanguageComeFrom?VOICEONE:ThisisSteveEmber.VOICETWO:AndthisisShirleyGriffith.TodaywepresentthefirstoftwoprogramsaboutthehistoryoftheEnglishLanguage.(THEME)VOICEONE:MorepeoplearetryingtolearnEnglishthananyotherlanguageintheworld.Englishisthelanguageofpoliticalnegotiationsandin
2、ternationalbusiness.Ithasbecometheinternationallanguageofscienceandmedicine.InternationaltreatiessaypassengerairplanepilotsmustspeakEnglish.EnglishisthemajorforeignlanguagetaughtinmostschoolsinSouthAmericaandEurope.SchoolchildreninthePhilippinesandJapanbeginlearningEnglishatanearlyage.Englishi
3、stheofficiallanguageofmorethanseventy-fivecountriesincludingBritain,Canada,theUnitedStates,Australia,andSouthAfrica.Incountrieswheremanydifferentlanguagesarespoken,Englishisoftenusedasanofficiallanguagetohelppeoplecommunicate.Indiaisgoodexample.Englishisthecommonlanguageinthiscountrywhereatlea
4、sttwenty-fourlanguagesarespokenbymorethanonemillionpeople.VOICETWO:WheredidtheEnglishlanguagecomefrom?Whyhasitbecomesopopular?ToanswerthesequestionswemusttravelbackintimeaboutfivethousandyearstoanareanorthoftheBlackSeainsoutheasternEurope.ExpertssaythepeopleinthatareaspokealanguagecalledProto-
5、Indo-European.Thatlanguageisnolongerspoken.Researchersdonotreallyknowwhatitsoundedlike.Yet,Proto-Indo-EuropeanisbelievedtobetheancestorofmostEuropeanlanguages.TheseincludethelanguagesthatbecameancientGreek,ancientGermanandtheancientLatin.Latindisappearedasaspokenlanguage.Yetitleftbehindthreegr
6、eatlanguagesthatbecamemodernSpanish,FrenchandItalian.AncientGermanbecameDutch,Danish,German,Norwegian,SwedishandoneofthelanguagesthatdevelopedintoEnglish.VOICEONE:TheEnglishlanguageisaresultoftheinvasionsoftheislandofBritainovermanyhundredsofyears.TheinvaderslivedalongthenortherncoastofEurope.
7、ThefirstinvasionswerebyapeoplecalledAnglesaboutonethousandfivehundredyearsago.TheAngleswereaGermantribewhocrossedtheEnglishChannel.LatertwomoregroupscrossedtoBritain.TheyweretheSaxonsandtheJutes.ThesegroupsfoundapeoplecalledtheCelts,who
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